Anyone who has mentioned the word...

[luvdsny]

....ITINERARY....PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND ACCEPT YOUR COMMANDO BADGE!

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[Taryn]

I started in April
My itinerary was heaven
But I'm currently working
On version number seven

I've since changed my dates
I've since changed my resort
Taryn the Commando
Is here to report...

*giggles*

[luvdsny]

Two thumbs up for you Taryn.....not only are you a COMMANDO, but you can also head-up our 'Commando Jingles' department. Report immediately! LOL ;)

[disneycub]

What's an itinerary??

Oh, you mean that thing that I've scribbled all over and now can't read a thing on it? http://www.wdwinfo.com/sites/family/multi.gif

[Barb]

Does more than one count???????ITINERARY!!!!!!!!!!!! :p :p :p

[fostrmom2mny]

Well, I guess I'm guilty! :rolleyes:

I have mine after looking for a format and finding one on my computer, DUH!!
It's formatted to add and take off with ease. Except for all the Mini meets, I'm pretty much finished with it. :cool:
Gerri:earsgirl:

[luvdsny]

Okay, so Gerri, why does your title still say DIS Veteran??? :D :D :D

[bashful64]

*sigh* I'm afraid that I am just a commando wanna be. Everytime I even think about making an itinerary I shudder. Are you sure we just can't wing it?

[luvdsny]

Sorry Bash...I don't think 'winging it' is gonna fly for DIS-Con...((yes, pun intended ;) ))

Get out your pencil and paper and start jotting things down....or do it on your computer......but just get it done. You'll feel much better once you do. :D :D :D

j/k :tongue:

::handing Bashful64 her 'Commando Wanna-Be' badge::

[amid chaos]

I have scribbled a couple, but I just can't fit all the night time activities in.....I'm worried, I may need another night.

[Barb]

Love the little poem, Taryn! :D
Vanessa, that's why some of us have extended out trips. We needed the extra time to other things, too! I didn't know it when I booked my package, but I'm sure glad I did add extra days!!! I can leave MVMCP and the Candlelight Processional till after the convention is over. Whew!

[tammyh-oregon]

HUH! What? Where are we?

I have to plan?

You mean I can't just show up.

OMG I am still so :confused:

but hey I will get with the program when it all sinks in

We are going to WDW :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Of course I have to get the car fixed. Battery died am waiting for tow truck

Hope this isn't an omen of things to come Send pixie dust for car, Please.

[luvdsny]

Sending ~*~pixie dsut~*~ for your car Tammy. :( :( :( Now when they tow it and fix it....make sure they do a 'Disney job' on it so it will make it to Florida in November. :) :) :)

:bounce: Tammy is going to WDW :bounce:

[Smee]

Me! I, too, am working on version 7 !!!

Corinne:bounce:

[luvdsny]

Yay smee. :bounce: :D

[Sandra B.]

Version 3 is in the making.......

[luvdsny]

::applauding SandraB:: ::handing SandraB her Commando badge::

Wear it proudly! :D

[Barb]

You do know that we're all going to go into planning overload when the mini-meet list comes out! :eek:
Talk about a new itinerary version!!! :p :p :p

[luvdsny]

http://www.wdwinfo.com/sites/family/jump1.gif Oh Barb! http://www.wdwinfo.com/sites/family/jump1.gif

[KarenNY]

I'm winging it ;) I'm just too un-organized to be a commando :(

[perfectmatch300]

Reporting to pick up my commando badge as ordered! :D :D :D

I'm only on the 2nd revision so far, but that's because we didn't know we were going until last week when I found the $80.00 airfare & talked DH into it! We will be there 11/24 to 12/1. :wave:

My itinerary is pencil (so I can erase it) and paper (more portable than my desktop computer!)

We will depend a lot on the mini meet schedule for our DIS contacts, so I can hardly wait for it to come out!

[luvdsny]

:wave: Hi Nancy! :wave:

I'm glad you answered 'the call' LOL :D ::handing Nancy her Commando badge::

Wear it with pride! :bounce:

Too bad you're leaving a day before MVMCP on the 2nd, are you going on a different night? Can't wait to meet you in November. :)

[Sandra B.]

Thanks Tia, I'm honored!!!
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[luvdsny]

Oh SandraB....It looks very good on you. ;) ;) ;)

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Barb]

We are a great group, aren't we? I'm so proud!:bounce: :bounce:

[disneycub]

::thinking, thinking::

From what I can gather through intelligence (real or imagined), disneycub may be plotting something very special for the commandos come November. And no, it isn't another mini-meet!

[Taryn]

Oooh, disneycub...

Intriguing!

*wonders why she is hearing James Bond music in her head*

[ebutte]

Tia for sending me over to accept the comando badge. I accept and will wear it with pride. :)
Let us all remember if it wern't for the Great Walt done of us would have one:)
Well cleaning carpets has done this bod in i'm off to bed. Night everyone and Disney dreams to all.

Lisa:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[bashful64]

Ok Tia....I promise when the mini meet schedule comes out I will put on my commando wanna be button, get out my pen and paper (ok maybe my excel spreadsheet) and make an itinerary. How many drafts do I need to make before I qualify for commando status? :D

[Barb]

Ooooh, Steve, what ever could it be??????:eek: :eek: *why do I hear music from the Twilight Zone?*
doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo (hey, that's the best I could do) LOL!:p

[disneycub]

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I've been told by those in the know to "put a sock in it" for now, but this cage thingie was the best I could do. Somebody hand me some Chianti, please. :D

[luvdsny]

:smooth: Oh Steve! You tease! :smooth:

;) ;) ;)

[Barb]

Hey, Steve, I thought you didn't drink?!?!?!?!!? :tongue: :tongue: :tongue:

[disneycub]

"Lips that touch liquor will NEVAH touch mine," he said.

Oh well, there goes three-quarters of the population...... :rolleyes:

[luvdsny]

::handing Robin her Commando badge::

Wear it with pride!! :)

[Robin]

Thanks Tia....I feel so so so obsessive! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

[disneycub]

::applauds wildly for Robin and her S.O., who may be even MORE obsessive:: :D

[Robin]

Steve...Don't tease the cammando planners. We have been known to bite!

[disneycub]

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:D ;)

[laurenk]

Yes I have my itineray done...for now, but do any of you laminate it, and hand out copies to all parties going!?!?!?!:D


I must get a special commando button for that!
;)

[Barb]

LOL, Lauren, then how do make notes if it's laminated? Do you use the dry markers?? I agree, special commando badge for Lauren! :D

[laurenk]

How pathetic am I? I really did that in June, and then when I had to alter my laminated itinerary :rolleyes: on our FIRST day at WDW I was at a loss. Try finding a dry marker at WDW. I was etching my changes in.;)

[Pumbaa_]

::Standing ovation ::all Bow down to laurenk
Lauren, I think you win. We can all stop now, we have a winner!

but seriously, isn't it funny how we get so caught up in the planning. Next time, instead of laminating, stick it into a plastic sleeve, (like a photo album picture size?) then you can whip it out and make changes!

(what does you r family say?)

[laurenk]

My DH just smiles and shakes his head, my mom and aunt just humor me, but I DID notice they carried their laminated itineraries all 10 days, and referred to them frequently!!!:D

[disneycub]

::bowing very deeply to laurenk::

Yes, I do give out copies (and I get a lot of rolling eyes), but I never thought to laminate or use a page protector for the final.

Akshally, I make a notebook (or use Passporter), complete with itinerary, hotel, car and airline reservations, driving directions, and menus of all the restaurants we're visiting. Makes interesting reading while on the plane, unless I've got a new book.

[luvdsny]

LaurenK...you da girl! :D You crack me up! I LOVE your style! :)

Hey, where does one find one of those fancy Passporters that I hear so much about??? :)

Okay, back to painting.........

[disneycub]

www.memory

Oooops, that's a song.... :D

To get a Passporter:

www.passporter.com

They really are nice to have.

[laurenk]

Steve-

You don't find it a little cumbersome(Spelling?)? My friend Kbeverina got one, and although it is a great organizer, I sure couldn't fit it in my fanny-pack along with the other 100+ items I squeeze in there!;)

I am also interested in seeing picutes of your red paint job. It sounds beautiful! We have been in our new house for 7 months, and the white walls are driving me nuts!! We are waiting for our year walk-thru before we hit the walls with paint.

Tia- Your yellow ceiling looks GREAT!

[Taryn]

Okay...

Last year my itinerary was kept in a binder for the room... each day had two copies of the colour and graphics sheets and two black and white backup/change sheets.

Copy one (colour) stayed in the binder as a keepsake...

Copy two (also colour) was placed daily on my boyfriends bed each evening fpr the following day so he knew what to look forward to... usually with some sort of little treat...

Copy three (working copy) also stayed in the binder so that if changes needed to be made to an upcoming day as a result of a change on the current day (heaven forbid!) this could be done without undue scribbling on copy one (colour). Should such an event occur a footnote to refer to copy three would be made on copies one and two.

Copy four was folded daily into my backpack as a guide... and include a section on the back for trip report notes.

All copies included PS numbers, ride durations, transportation tips and suggested clothing (co-ordinated to the packing list) PS numbers were also on laminated cards in each wallet. Menu suppliments to the PS card were made available upon request...

Any doubt I am a commando? *giggles*

[laurenk]

Taryn-

:earseek: :earseek: :earseek: :earseek: :earseek: :earseek: :earseek: :earseek: :earseek:

[disneycub]

You guys REALLY put ol' disneycub to shame. ;)

I'll post some pictures this afternoon. Promise!

The Passporter WAS cumbersome, so I just pulled out the little pocket-thingie for that day and brought it along. Mainly I used the Passporter for my AP, tickets for special events and receipts, which was really handy, since I tend to lose receipts. And I'm just manic about keeping track of every penny I spend. That way when I get home I can add all the receipts up and THEN pass out when I see the total. ;)

[Robin]

HAHAHAHAHAHA...POOR POOR DAN. He printed out my excel sheets this morning. I really hated teling him that all those plans have changed!!! At one time he thought I was so normal????

[disneycub]

OK, here are the pictures. Obviously I'm not used to the digital camera yet:

Bandit's room (this was my first attempt at glazing, and it shows...I've gotta re-do it so it doesn't look like crooked wallpaper)

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This is part of my bedroom. The photos are my mom and dad's wedding picture, and a picture taken right before they passed on.

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And this is a piece of the bathroom (or my bordello room)

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All of the base paint and glazes are Ralph Lauren paint (la de dooo dah!).

[disneycub]

Hey Robin,

What's normal? If you ever find it, pass some on to me! ;)

[laurenk]

Steve-

That is pretty cool! Is it hard to do?

I wanted to do my DH's office in the Ralph Lauren Gold with a glaze. Not the bright shiny one, the more antiquey looking one. He isn't too keen on the idea, but who asked him anyway!?!?:D

[disneycub]

All it takes is a little time, a lot of patience, and a cool head. The base coat is easy. Putting the glaze on and doing the brush and paper bag imprints before the glaze dries is a little crazy. I learned a lot on the bedrooms, and by the time I got to the bathroom, it was pretty easy. Only thing you have to be really careful of is not overlapping the glaze too much, otherwise you get what I got in the blue room. One of these days I'll remove the glaze in that room and start over. Or maybe NOT. :D

[Smee]

Steve, you must have been reading my mind!:)

How DO you remove the glaze when you wany to do something diiferent to the wall?

By the way, I really like the way the walls look - especially the "goldy"one!

Thanks,
Corinne

[disneycub]

The gold and brown is my favorite.

You can get a glaze remover from the Home Depot or one of those places. It was the first thing I asked when I decided to do the paint. Don't know how easy or messy it is, but I guess it couldn't be any worse than doing the paint.

[Pumbaa_]

Steve, the rooms look great. Love the Disney Parks mao in Bandit's room. Is that so he can track you while you are on vacation?:tongue:

[luvdsny]

I noticed the map too! :bounce: I have several maps for DL and WDW that I want to frame....nothing fancy, but very colorful! (of course! :D ).....and hang them in our family room....that is going to MY Disney room...when it's all said and done. :)

[disneycub]

The map is a rare one from the 40th anniversary of Disneyland. It's signed by the artist. Rare because there are a couple of really bad mistakes on it and it was pulled off the market.

Bandit knows the phrase "Daddy's going to see the Mouse," but we haven't tried map association yet. After all, we just got "sit" and "no barking in the house" down. :rolleyes:

[luvdsny]

Oooh, I love those 'oops, we messed up, so let's pull it off the shelves and make it a collectible' things....I bet having a map with '****oos' on it AND signed by the artist is quite the collectible! Cool!

Mine will become 'collectibles' too (aka ANTIQUES), if I don't get them framed and on the walls soon....LOL :D

[dvc_bwv]

DH bought a Passporter to use this trip (1st time for that). I make up each day on the computer (desktop and laptop) and print out each day. The laptop goes with us and each night when we get back to the room, I download all the pics from the digital camera and then write up what we did, catalogue all the receipts to see what we spent (UGH!) and then from this when we get home we start planning our next WDW trip and have an idea of how much $$ we'll need for the next time!!

Commando? Obsessive? I think NOT!! Disney Fanatic......YUP!

[disneycub]

My all time favorite collectable is a Hercules pin that they put out for the movie tie-in. Let's just say that Hercules' sword was...um.....misplaced. http://www.wdwinfo.com/sites/family/lol.gif Disney pulled it immediately.

[luvdsny]

::handing Norma her official COMMANDO (er, um I mean DISney Fanatic) badge::

You make us all proud Norma. :D Wear this badge with pride! :)

Who else needed one? Oh yes, I think KarenNY was getting close to 'earning' the coveted badge. :D ;) Karen, just say the word....the 'i' word....and we'll bestow upon you the Commando badge. ;) ;) ;)

[luvdsny]

::looking around and calling for Livia:: Oh Livia! I have your Commando badge. Come and get it! :)

::handing it to Livia:: There you go girlfriend! Now wear it with pride! :D :D :D

Oh yeah, and Welcome Back!!! :bounce:

[bashful64]

I'm ready for mine now Tia.

[BelleMom]

Thanks Tia. How does it look? I am already at my office, trying to catch up on my work and on my Dis news. This is commando stuff for sure! ;)

[luvdsny]

Livia, I can't see it yet. :confused: Did you go into your user cp and change your profile? PM me if you need help with it. :)

Okay, Shanon....please step forward and accept your "Commando" badge. ::handing badge to Shannon:: Wear this with pride! :D ((I'm glad you decided to see things 'our way' ;) ;) ))

[BelleMom]

Now I got it! I reset my user profile by accident. Now it is ok again.

[luvdsny]

Yay! :bounce:

I did the same thing the first time I tried to change mine! :rolleyes:

[disneycub]

::disneycub applauds all our new commandos!::

[Smee]

Welcome to Commando Headquarters !
Corinne

[dvc_bwv]

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

I haven't been on all week to check out my Commando status. Sorry, but I've had a really tough week. :( I work in a law firm and one of the 2 attorneys I work for who was very dear to me passed away unexpactedly on Sunday. He was 78 and still worked 4 days a week. He was the sweetest person you'd ever want to work for and I am heartbroken. He will be greatly missed by soooo many people, he was a very special, one of a kind and I loved him dearly. I had my first successful day of the week today without any waterworks (if you know what I mean). I finally found the plumber to fix my leak! Tomorrow will be hard though as I will be attending his memorial service, so I will undoubtedly spring a leak again.

Can't wait for the Dis Con. I need something to lift my spirits.

[luvdsny]

:( Oh Norma. I'm sorry to hear of your friend's passing. I'll keep you and him in my thoughts. Here is some ~*~pixie dust~*~ to help you through this weekend~~~and beyond.

Take Care Norma.

[dvc_bwv]

I'll need all the help I can get to make it through tomorrow.

[bashful64]

I'm sorry to hear about the passing of your friend dvc. He will be in my prayers and thoughts tomorrow. Sending {{{HUGS}}} and PD your way. Take care.